This is an analysis of the poem To One Absent that begins with:

Only a week ago, heaven bent so near
It bartered greetings with the jocund earth, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaXXcddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10010110111 0101000101 0111110111 0101010101 1111011101 10110011111 1100110111 01110011101 1111010101 0111001101 1011000101 10110111001 0111001101 1011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 636
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of To One Absent;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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